BCCI runs out of options as Ponting, Langer and Fleming decline Team India’s head coach role
BCCI run out of options as Ponting, Fleming decline India’s head coach role
The Indian Cricket Board seems to be running out of options for TeamIndia’shead coach role, with top overseas contenders like Ricky Ponting, Stephen Fleming and Justin Langer declining the chance to replace Rahul Dravid as head coach. While Ponting and Langer have issued statements on why they refused this offer in the first place, the sources close to the information revealed Fleming turned down the chance due to the duration of this contract, which is three and a half years.
Following the conclusion of the upcoming2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USAstarting June 2,Dravid’stenure will end, with the new head coach taking over the job from July 1 with immediate effect. Earlier, the BCCI took to social media to invite applicants for TeamIndia’shead coach role, with several reports suggesting that BCCI approached these stalwarts to apply for the job, the deadline of which is May 27 – one day after the IPL 2024 final.
Speaking on the ICC Review, former Australia captain Ponting said he would have loved to coach a national team, but given his lifestyle, he fears not being able to donate nine to ten months in a year for that.
"I'dlove to be a senior coach of a national team, but with the other things that I have in my life and wanting to have a bit of time at home…everyone knows if you take a job working with the Indianteamyoucan'tbe involved in an IPL team, soit would take that out of it as well.
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"Also, a national head coach is a ten- or 11-month-of-the-year job, and as much asI'dlike to do it, it justdoesn'tfit into my lifestyle right now and the things that I really enjoy doing,”Ponting said on ICC Review.
Meanwhile, Langer revealed his reason behind letting go of TeamIndia’shead coach role job, saying after having a detailed chat with Lucknow Super Giant (LSG) captain andIndia'sbatting mainstay KL Rahul, he decided to turn it down.
"You never say never. And the pressure of doing it in India…I was talking to KL Rahul [the captain at Lucknow Super Giants, where Langer is the head coach], and he said,'You know, if you thinkthere'spressure and politics in an IPL team, multiply that by a thousand, [that's] coaching India. That was a good bit of advice, I guess.
"It would be an awesome job, but not for me at the moment,”Langer said.
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Chennai SuperKings’CEO Viswanathan revealed onCSK’sYouTube channel that Fleming has likely turned down the offer mainly because of its tenure.
"Iknow thatit'snotgoing tobe his cup of tea because hedoesn'tlike to be involved [in coaching] for nine-ten months in a year.That'smy feeling. I have not discussed anything more with him,”Viswanathan said.